A green bar will move across the bottom of the screen while the changes are loading. Then, the blur effect will automatically be applied to your image. This effect is good for creating a subtle depth of field to your image but does not allow you a lot of control over the appearance of the final product.

This is a VisiHow tutorial, and we've just shown you how to add blur to an image in GIMP in Windows 7. If you have any questions or comments regarding this tutorial or the program used, just add them to the section below. Thank you for choosing VisiHow!